The West Warriors will venture away from home to challenge the Palos Verdes Sea Kings at 3:15 p.m. on Tuesday. The squads are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: West has struggled recently with five losses in a row, while Palos Verdes will arrive with three straight wins.
West is likely headed into the contest with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Redondo Union on Friday. West fell 2-0 to Redondo Union. While losing is never fun, the Warriors can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 458th, while the Sea Hawks are ranked fourth).
Meanwhile, Palos Verdes won against Torrance last Friday with four goals and they decided to stick to that goal total again on Friday. Palos Verdes was the clear victor by a 4-1 margin over Mira Costa. The result was nothing new for the Sea Kings, who have now won seven matches by three goals or more so far this season.
West's defeat dropped their record down to 2-8-1. As for Palos Verdes, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-2 record this season.
West suffered a grim 6-0 defeat to Palos Verdes in their previous matchup last Thursday. Can West avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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